"UK, civil servants were traditionally granted a half-day holiday (known as ""privilege leave"") on this date, but that was abolished after 2012. The tradition of visiting seven churches on Holy Thursday is an ancient practice, probably originating in Rome. and occurs among the faithful in countries around the world. In India, the custom is to visit fourteen churches, one per Station of the Cross. Traditionally, this is performed on Maundy Thursday evening but is more often done on the morning of Good Friday or on any day of Lent. Usually, whole families would participate, customarily fasting for the duration of"
"day of liturgical celebration"", that comes from the Latin ""feria quinta"" used in religious texts where it was not allowed to consecrate days to pagan gods. Icelandic also uses the term ""fifth day"" (""Fimmtudagur""). Quakers traditionally referred to Thursday as ""Fifth Day"" eschewing the pagan origin of the English name ""Thursday"". In the Christian tradition, Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter — the day on which the Last Supper occurred. Also known as ""Sheer Thursday"" in the United Kingdom, it is traditionally a day of cleaning and giving out Maundy money there. Holy Thursday is part"
"Maundy Thursday and Good Friday respectively, rather than on a sequence of names referring to Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday respectively. The responsories following each lesson of these matins (so also 27) were usually sung, and these are the Tenebrae Responsoria, or the Responsories for Holy Week. The name of a collection of such responsories may also refer to the Holy Triduum, as in Orlande de Lassus' """". Maundy Thursday is the fifth day of the Holy Week (Latin: Feria V or Feria Quinta). In Latin the feast is also indicated as ""In Cœna Domini"" (""At the meal"
"normally celebrated in the evening, when Friday begins according to Jewish tradition, as the Last Supper was held on the feast of Passover, according to the three Synoptic Gospels. Use of the names ""Maundy Thursday"", ""Holy Thursday"", and others is not evenly distributed. What is the generally accepted name for the day varies according to geographical area and religious affiliation. Thus, although in England ""Maundy Thursday"" is the normal term, the term is less commonly used in Ireland, Scotland or Canada. People may use one term in a religious context and another in the context of the civil calendar of"
"the 1912 Catholic Encyclopedia. The Maundy Thursday church tradition assumes that the Last Supper was held on the evening before the crucifixion day (although, strictly speaking, in no Gospel is it unequivocally said that this meal took place on the night before Jesus died). A new approach to resolve this contrast was undertaken in the wake of the excavations at Qumran in the 1950s when Annie Jaubert argued that there were two Passover feast dates: while the official Jewish lunar calendar had Passover begin on a Friday evening in the year that Jesus died, a solar calendar was also used,"
"day on the electoral timetable, therefore an election can now be held on Maundy Thursday; prior to this elections were sometimes scheduled on the Tuesday before as an alternative. Thursday is aligned by the planet Jupiter and the astrological signs of Pisces and Sagittarius. Thursday Thursday is the day of the week between Wednesday and Friday. According to the ISO 8601 international standard, it is the fourth day of the week. ""See Names of the days of the week for more on naming conventions. "" The name is derived from Old English ""Þūnresdæg"" and Middle English ""Thuresday"" (with loss of"
"was dead in the tomb. This theory, although contrasting some traditions, specifies that Jesus was dead for three days and nights. Depending on other theological beliefs, some Christians believe that Jesus may have been storming the gates of hell, rescuing the souls of those who died temporally before he did. Holy Wednesday In Christianity, Holy Wednesday, also called Spy Wednesday, or Good Wednesday (in Western Christianity), and Holy and Great Wednesday (in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches), is the Wednesday of Holy Week, the week before Easter. It is followed by Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday). In the New Testament"
"violet covers during Passiontide, but the crucifix covers can be white instead of violet on Maundy Thursday). Some Protestant churches practice the foot washing (Maundy) ceremony on Maundy Thursday. For others, it may be the only time in the year when Holy Communion is celebrated. Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus and his subsequent death. Commemorations of often solemn and mournful, many denominations use Good Friday to perform the Stations of the Cross, or other commemorations of the Passion, either as a self-guided time of reflection and veneration or as a procession of statues or images of the stations."
"Holy Wednesday In Christianity, Holy Wednesday, also called Spy Wednesday, or Good Wednesday (in Western Christianity), and Holy and Great Wednesday (in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches), is the Wednesday of Holy Week, the week before Easter. It is followed by Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday). In the New Testament account of Holy Week, after Palm Sunday, the Sanhedrin gathered and plotted to kill Jesus before the feast of Pesach. On the Wednesday before his death, Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper. As he sat at the supper table with his disciples, a woman named"
"name of the Christian rite of footwashing, which traditionally occurs during Maundy Thursday church services. Most scholars agree that the English word ""maundy"" in that name for the day is derived through Middle English and Old French ""mandé"", from the Latin ""mandatum"" (also the origin of the English word ""mandate""), the first word of the phrase """"Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos"""" (""A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another."") This statement by Jesus in the Gospel of by which Jesus"
"nocturn of Maundy Thursday are from Saint Augustines ""Enarrationes in Psalmos"" Second of Poulenc's ""Sept répons des ténèbres"". The lessons for the third nocturn of Maundy Thursday are from 1 Corinthians II: 17-34 First of Poulenc's ""Sept répons des ténèbres"". Good Friday is the sixth day (Latin: Feria VI or Feria Sexta) of the Holy Week. In Latin the occasion is also indicated as ""In Parasceve"" (Parasceve being Latin for Friday). Thus the second set of nine responsories for Holy Week can appear under titles such as ""Feria VI – In Parasceve"". The lessons of the first nocturn of Good"
"Maundy Thursday etc. For this reason Christus factus est (along with the famous Tenebrae responsories) was set by many composers of church music. From 1956-1969, and in the liturgical books of 1962 which are currently in use as the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, these services have been 'restored' to the early morning of the last three days of Holy Week, with the effect that complex musical settings of this text are rarely heard in their authentic liturgical context. The text is derived from . In the Catholic liturgy it is used as Gregorian gradual on Palm Sunday, Maundy"
"Cross, Christ's prayer, and his new commandment. The twelve readings are: Beginning on Holy and Great Thursday, the memorial service for the dead is forbidden until after Thomas Sunday. Maundy Thursday is a public holiday in most countries that were part of the Spanish empire (Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela), countries that were part of the Danish colonial empire (Denmark, Iceland, Norway and United States Virgin Islands), and in the Kerala State of India. Certain German states declare a public holiday for public sector employees. In the"
"the next day's fast. In the US, Holy Week observances in a particular area often reflect the traditions of the immigrant population who settled there. Seven Churches Visitation The Seven Churches Visitation is a pious Roman Catholic Lenten tradition to visit seven churches on the evening of Maundy Thursday. Following the Mass of the Lord's Supper, the Blessed Sacrament is placed on the Altar of Repose in the church for Adoration. During the Seven Churches Visitation, the faithful visit several churches – sometimes seven, sometimes fourteen, sometimes no set number depending upon the particular practice – to pray before the"
"""mandatum"" (maundy), therefore, was applied to the rite of foot-washing on this day of the Christian Holy Week called Maundy Thursday. John 13:1–17 recounts Jesus' performance of this act. In verses 13:14–17, He instructs His disciples: Many denominations (including Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, Mennonites, and Catholics) therefore observe the liturgical washing of the feet on Maundy Thursday of Holy Week. Moreover, for some denominations, foot-washing was an example, a pattern. Many groups throughout Church history and many modern denominations have practiced foot washing as a church ordinance including Adventists, Anabaptists, Baptists, and Pentecostals. The origin of the word ""Maundy"" has"
"by some parishes of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, of the Polish National Catholic Church, of Anglicanism, of other Protestant churches such as Lutheranism, and of Western Rite Orthodoxy within the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the Catholic Church, ""tenebrae"" is the name given to the celebration, with special ceremonies, of Matins and Lauds, the first two hours of the Liturgy of the Hours, of the last three days of Holy Week. Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday) commemorates the Last Supper, where Christ lays out the model for the Eucharist or Holy Communion. During the meal, Jesus"
"uses the term ""Maundy Thursday"" to refer to the holy day in its official sources. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the name for the holy day is, in the Byzantine Rite, ""Great and Holy Thursday"" or ""Holy Thursday"", and in Western Rite Orthodoxy ""Maundy Thursday"", ""Holy Thursday"" or both. The Coptic Orthodox Church uses the term ""Covenant Thursday"" or ""Thursday of the Covenant"". In the Maronite Church and the Syriac Orthodox Church, the name is ""Thursday of Mysteries"". ""Maundy Thursday"" is the official name of the day in the civil legislation of England and the Philippines. The day has also"
"compatible Last Supper on Wednesday, 1 April AD 33, followed by a compatible crucifixion on Friday, 3 April AD 33. Given these assumptions he argues that the calculated date of Wednesday 1 April AD 33 for the Last Supper allows all four gospel accounts to be astronomically correct, with Jesus celebrating Passover two days before his death according to the original Mosaic calendar, and the Jewish authorities celebrating Passover just after the crucifixion, using the modified Babylonian calendar. In contrast, the Christian church tradition of celebrating the Last Supper on Maundy Thursday would be an anachronism. The calculated chronology incidentally"
"term ""Holy Thursday"" to mean Ascension Day is rare, and the term is more generally applied by most Christian denominations to Maundy Thursday in Holy Week. In Western Christianity, the earliest possible date is April 30 (as in 1818 and 2285), the latest possible date is June 3 (as in 1943 and 2038). In Roman Catholicism, the Ascension of the Lord is a Holy Day of Obligation and in the Anglican Communion, Holy Thursday is a Principal Feast. The three days before Ascension Thursday are sometimes referred to as the Rogation days, and the previous Sunday — the Sixth Sunday"
"and the commandment of brotherly love that Jesus gave after washing the feet of his disciples."" In Anglicanism, these rites are found in the Book of Common Prayer, as well as in the Anglican Missal. In Methodism, they are found in the Book of Worship for Church and Home and The United Methodist Book of Worship. In Lutheranism, the Maundy Thursday liturgy is found in the Lutheran Service Book and Evangelical Lutheran Worship. The celebration of a Mass in the evening of Holy Thursday began in late fourth-century Jerusalem, where it became customary to celebrate the events of the Passion"
"repose, are stripped. The Blessed Sacrament remains in that temporary place until the Holy Communion part of the Good Friday liturgical service. Roman Catholic piety has made Maundy Thursday a day of exceptional devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and the place where the Sacrament is reserved is a focus for the love and aspirations of the faithful. Eucharistic adoration is encouraged at the place of reservation, but if continued after midnight should be done without outward solemnity. In many urban cities, the practice has developed among the faithful of traveling from one church to another to pray in front the"
"On Maundy Thursday, the faithful visit seven churches to pray the Stations of the Cross, and in the evenings, pray in front of each church's Altar of Repose. The last Mass before Easter is also celebrated on Maundy Thursday, usually including a reenactment of the Washing of the Feet of the Apostles. This Mass is followed by the procession of the Blessed Sacrament to be transferred to the Altar of Repose. Good Friday in the Philippines is commemorated with street processions, the Way of the Cross, the commemoration of Jesus' Seven last words (Siete Palabras) and a Passion play called"
"of Maundy Thursday, but was not recited in full, ending with ...'usque ad mortem'. The following day at Tenebrae of Good Friday it was sung from the beginning until ...'mortem autem crucis' and at Tenebrae of Holy Saturday it was sung in full. Up until the reform of the Holy Week liturgy promulgated by Pius XII in 1955 these Tenebrae services were sung in the late afternoon and evening of the previous day, and were well attended by the laity. Thus Tenebrae of Maundy Thursday was sung during the evening of Spy Wednesday; Tenebrae of Good Thursday in the evening"
"Holy Monday Holy Monday or Great and Holy Monday (Greek: ""Μεγάλη Δευτέρα"", ""Megale Deutera"") is the Monday of Holy Week, which is the week before Easter. It is the third day of Holy Week in Eastern Christianity, after Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday, and the second day of Holy Week in Western Christianity, after Palm Sunday. The Gospels tell us of some of the events that actually occurred on the day of the Biblical Holy Monday. Some of the most notable and recognizable of these were the cursing of the fig tree (, ), the questioning of Jesus' authority (),"
"the altar is stripped bare without ceremony later. Mass of the Lord's Supper The Mass of the Lord's Supper, also known as A Service of Worship for Maundy Thursday, is a Holy Week service celebrated on the evening of Maundy Thursday. It inaugurates the Easter Triduum, and commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples, more explicitly than other celebrations of the Mass. The Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, Methodist Churches, Reformed Churches, and Anglican Communion celebrate the Mass of the Lord's Supper (or the Liturgy of Maundy Thursday). The Mass stresses three aspects of that event: ""the institution of"
"times (sometimes 7 or 8 pm) to allow for more churchgoers, eight churches are the maximum number visited (even in the city area, where these are closer to each other than in outer residential areas) before these close at midnight. A festive atmosphere exists, with the sale of drinks, hot cross buns and other local snacks like the traditional ""kueh ko chee"". Observant Catholics have a 'Last Supper' meal in anticipation of the next day's fast. Maundy Thursday Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, Sheer Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries, among other names)"
"Ash Wednesday)<br> The Sacred Lance and Nails (Friday after the First Sunday in Lent)<br> The Holy Shroud (Friday after the Second Sunday in Lent)<br> The Five Holy Wounds (Friday after the Third Sunday in Lent)<br> The Precious Blood (Friday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent)<br> Saint Catherine of Genoa (22 March)<br> Saint Benedict Joseph Labre (16 April)<br> Our Lady of Good Counsel (26 April)<br> Saint Isidore the Farmer (15 May)<br> Saint John Nepomucene (16 May)<br> Saint Rita of Cascia (22 May)<br> Saint John Baptist de Rossi (23 May)<br> Our Lady Help of Christians (24 May)<br> Saint Ferdinand III (30 May)<br>"
"Easter Easter, also called Pascha (Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary 30 AD. It is the culmination of the Passion of Jesus, preceded by Lent (or Great Lent), a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance. Most Christians refer to the week before Easter as ""Holy Week""—it contains the days of the Easter Triduum, including Maundy Thursday, commemorating the Maundy and Last Supper, as well"
"is generally held on the morning of Maundy Thursday, but may in some dioceses take place on another day during Holy Week. It is often the largest annual gathering of clergy and faithful held in most dioceses. In some dioceses, attendance is sufficiently significant that, due to limited seating, tickets are distributed to parishes. The Mass is a celebration of the institution of the priesthood with Jesus' words at the Last Supper, ""Do this in memory of me."" During the Mass, those present are called to renew their baptismal promises; priests/ministers and deacons also reaffirm their ministry by renewing the"
"Whit Tuesday Whit Tuesday (syn. ""Pentecost Tuesday"", ""Whitsun Tuesday"") is the Christian holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost Monday, the third day of the week beginning on Pentecost. Pentecost is a movable feast in the Christian calendar dependent upon the date of Easter. ""Whit"" relates either to the white robes worn by those baptized on Pentecost, or to the French word ""huit,"" since Pentecost is the eighth Sunday after Easter. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Whit Tuesday is known as the ""Third Day of the Trinity"" and is part of the Feast of Pentecost. Not only monasteries and cathedrals, but"
"in his book ""The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400–1580"", a history of popular religion in pre-Reformation England. Stripping of the Altar The Stripping of the Altar or the Stripping of the Chancel is a ceremony carried out in many Anglican, Catholic, Lutheran and Methodist churches on Maundy Thursday. At the end of the Maundy Thursday liturgy in Methodist parishes, the chancel is traditionally stripped; black paraments are sometimes added for Good Friday as black is the liturgical colour of Good Friday in the Methodist Churches. Methodist custom holds that apart from depictions of the Stations of"
"after the 5th Sunday after Easter)<br> The Octave of the Ascension (Thursday after the 6th Sunday after Easter)<br> The Vigil of Pentecost (Saturday after the 6th Sunday after Easter)<br> Pentecost (7th Sunday after Easter)<br> Holy Trinity and the Octave of Pentecost (8th Sunday after Easter)<br> Corpus Christi (Thursday after the 8th Sunday after Easter)<br> Octave of Corpus Christi (Thursday after the 9th Sunday after Easter)<br> Sacred Heart of Jesus (Friday after the 9th Sunday after Easter)<br> Octave of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Friday after the 10th Sunday after Easter)<br> The 1954 calendar assigned special celebrations also to the days"
"Mass of the Lord's Supper The Mass of the Lord's Supper, also known as A Service of Worship for Maundy Thursday, is a Holy Week service celebrated on the evening of Maundy Thursday. It inaugurates the Easter Triduum, and commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples, more explicitly than other celebrations of the Mass. The Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, Methodist Churches, Reformed Churches, and Anglican Communion celebrate the Mass of the Lord's Supper (or the Liturgy of Maundy Thursday). The Mass stresses three aspects of that event: ""the institution of the Eucharist, the institution of the ministerial priesthood,"